Erik Estavillo is one avid gamer. So avid in fact, that he will not hesitate to take you to court if you get in the way of his pursuit of happiness with his games. The folks he's taking to court: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

Steam's Weekend Deal offer for this week focuses on the open-world shooter, Frontlines: Fuel of War. And with the 75% discount they're offering, this game definitely should be in the frontlines of your game purchases.

Crytek has just teamed up with universities yet again for their technology, CryENGINE 3. Their goal is simple: get them hooked.

The date for Star Trek: Online's open beta has now been announced and confirmed by Cryptic Studios to be happening early next year. So if you missed your chance in the closed beta, there shouldn't be any reason for you to miss out on this opportunity now.

With Firmware 3.10 officially out, Sony can now get your direct report if in case your PS3 encounters some major errors, say, like unwarranted freezes. Read about their new reporting system after the jump.

It's not as much of a shocker as, say, Cactuar being already taken, but it's just as much of a news. ESRB has finally come out with their rating for Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360). Like with the other iterations of the franchise, XIII has been tagged with a T for Teen rating.

Not only do we have some wicked cool screenshots from Blizzard for their highly-anticipated StarCraft2, we also have some amazing artworks to temporarily fill in that informational void on the game.

Kristin Neirinckx, PSP's Marketing Manager, provided a walkthrough for the adhocParty system for the PSP over at the PS Blog. If you want to see how this feature works, then it's best for you to check the video out after the jump.

The PS3-exclusive beta for DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (game also on Xbox 360 and PC) is already available for download, so get it while it's still hot. There's a problem with the server, though, but they're working on it quick.

And now for our weekly report on the hardware sales from Japan. Media Create has released the numbers for the week of November 9th through November 15th. Interesting results this week. Check them out in the full article.